Happiness is a choice you make: lessons from a year among the oldest old
(Book)
Description
A New York Times Bestseller!
An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to well-being, Happiness Is a Choice You Make weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the "oldest old"— those eighty-five and up.
In 2015, when the award-winning journalist John Leland set out on behalf of The New York Times to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group, he anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met took him in an entirely different direction. Despite disparate backgrounds and circumstances, they each lived with a surprising lightness and contentment. The reality Leland encountered upended contemporary notions of aging, revealing the late stages of life as unexpectedly rich and the elderly as incomparably wise.
Happiness Is a Choice You Make is an enduring collection of lessons that emphasizes, above all, the extraordinary influence we wield over the quality of our lives. With humility, heart, and wit, Leland has crafted a sophisticated and necessary reflection on how to "live better"—informed by those who have mastered the art.
Copies
More Copies In LINK+
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Leland, J. (2018). Happiness is a choice you make: lessons from a year among the oldest old. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Leland, John, 1959-. 2018. Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Leland, John, 1959-, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Leland, John. Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Staff View
QR Code
Record Information
| Last Sierra Extract Time | Sep 07, 2024 08:49:29 AM |
|---|---|
| Last File Modification Time | Sep 07, 2024 08:50:09 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 07, 2024 08:49:37 AM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 03284pam 2200613 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 2017028940 | ||
| 003 | DLC | ||
| 005 | 20180425170659.0 | ||
| 008 | 170622s2018 nyua b 000 0 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2017028940 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780374168186 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d DLC |d GCmBT | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 049 | |a JRSA | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a BF724.85.H35 |b L45 2018 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 305.2609747/1 |2 23 |
| 099 | |a 305.26 L537 2018 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Leland, John, |d 1959- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Happiness is a choice you make : |b lessons from a year among the oldest old / |c John Leland. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |c 2018. | |
| 300 | |a 242 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a "Sarah Crichton books." | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Meet the elders -- Surprise of a lifetime -- The paradox of old age -- Why older means wiser -- Love in the time of Lipitor -- On the other hand ... -- More years, less life? -- The lessons -- The lessons of Fred -- The lessons of Ping -- The lessons of John -- The lessons of Helen -- The lessons of Ruth -- The lessons of Jonas. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Happiness in old age. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Older people. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Conduct of life. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Wisdom. | |
| 907 | |a .b25262294 | ||
| 945 | |y .i77441552 |i 31740003299637 |l suta |s - |k |u 18 |x 0 |w 0 |v 2 |t 3 |z 01-30-18 |o l |a 305.2609 LEL | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578387 |i 33029104027446 |l wanag |s - |k |u 19 |x 6 |w 1 |v 14 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578399 |i 33029104027453 |l kinag |s - |k |u 14 |x 1 |w 0 |v 1 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578430 |i 33029104027495 |l elkag |s - |k |u 12 |x 0 |w 0 |v 21 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578442 |i 33029104027503 |l cooag |s - |k |u 9 |x 1 |w 0 |v 2 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578454 |i 33029104027511 |l ardag |s - |k |u 12 |x 2 |w 0 |v 19 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77578478 |i 33029104027537 |l natag |s - |k |u 7 |x 0 |w 0 |v 7 |t 3 |z 02-20-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i7773452x |i 33029069879823 |l cenag |s - |k |u 24 |x 1 |w 0 |v 4 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734531 |i 33029069879831 |l carag |s - |k |u 20 |x 1 |w 0 |v 14 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734555 |i 33029069879856 |l pocag |s - |k |u 18 |x 1 |w 0 |v 5 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734567 |i 33029069879864 |l ranag |s - |k |u 17 |x 0 |w 0 |v 2 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734580 |i 33029069879880 |l natag |s - |k |u 16 |x 0 |w 0 |v 6 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734592 |i 33029069879898 |l fraag |s - |k |u 16 |x 1 |w 0 |v 7 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77734609 |i 33029069879906 |l galag |s - |k |u 17 |x 0 |w 0 |v 6 |t 3 |z 03-19-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i77765588 |i 33029102782497 |l nhiag |s - |k |u 15 |x 2 |w 0 |v 17 |t 3 |z 03-21-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i78505355 |i 33029105362859 |l mckag |s - |k |u 13 |x 1 |w 0 |v 11 |t 3 |z 06-12-18 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i79396045 |i 36796021955472 |l fola |s - |k 09-28-24 |u 28 |x 3 |w 1 |v 6 |t 3 |z 09-21-18 |o l |a 305.2609 LEL 2018 | ||
| 945 | |y .i81651594 |i 30738001698280 |l cola |s - |k |u 1 |x 0 |w 0 |v 0 |t 3 |z 08-08-19 |o l |a 305.26 L | ||
| 945 | |y .i81687886 |i 30738001698298 |l arba |s - |k |u 0 |x 0 |w 0 |v 0 |t 3 |z 08-15-19 |o l |a 305.26 L | ||
| 945 | |y .i84169230 |i 33029103920815 |l cenag |s - |k |u 4 |x 1 |w 0 |v 8 |t 3 |z 01-11-21 |o - | ||
| 998 | |e - |d a |f eng |a arb |a ard |a coo |a car |a cen |a col |a elk |a fol |a fra |a gal |a kin |a mck |a nhi |a poc |a ran |a nat |a sut |a wan | ||